special mention

collocation in English

meaningsofspecialandmention

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special
adjective
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
us
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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mention
noun
uk
/ˈmen.ʃən/
us
/ˈmen.ʃən/
a short remark or ...
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(Definition ofspecialandmentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecial mention

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While most of the water sources mentioned in these tables are self-explanatory, code 9 deservesspecialmention.
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Two aspects of this study deservespecialmention.
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Two issues related to properties of the model deservespecialmention.
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Specialmentionmust be made of public procurement policies (mainly in hospitals) for supplies and equipment.
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They deservespecialmention, but their names cannot be included here by obvious reasons.
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Our anonymous reviewers deservespecialmentionas their insights prompted exacting revisions to our original manuscript.
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Aspecialmentionhas to be made of the flourishing typochronological studies of artefacts, concerning all periods.
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The mushrooming of primary cooperative credit societies in the coastal villages during the 1980s deserves aspecialmentionin this context.
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It deservesspecialmentionthat no rules on conservation were observed by the kadakkodis, even in the past; nor were there any strict access rules.
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The reasons are numerous, but two deservespecialmentionbecause of their historical significance.
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Among these effects,specialmentionmust be made of vortex suppression.
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Many central ideas have emerged from this scenario, amongst which two deservespecialmention.
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There are three observations in the table that deservespecialmention.
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Most of the rules are straightforward but a few deservespecialmention.
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One vote deservesspecialmentionbecause it helps illustrate the impact of the mandate even as bills go down to defeat.
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At least it does not attract anyspecialmention.
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There is one subset of reversals that deservesspecialmention.
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One choice we have made deservesspecialmention; we have adopted an approach based on s-categories, which are a well-behaved class of precategories.
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Among the variables concerned with the clocking there are a few that meritspecialmention.
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